Chapter 111 Cowpox
Yuying walked around outside and returned to Qingxi Study. Kangxi was still sitting in the same place reviewing memorials.
Seeing Yuying come in, followed by Qingdai and Luchen, Kangxi put down the red brush in his hand, stood up and stretched himself for a while, and then asked the two about Yinsi's situation.
"Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince is accompanying the Eighth Prince today, and the Eighth Prince is doing well."
Kangxi nodded to show that he understood.
Yuying had just returned from outside and was now slumped over the imperial desk. Kangxi had never seen her so lazy before, so he suggested that they play a game of hands.
Without waiting for Yuying to refuse, Liang Jiugong had already set up the chessboard and stood aside holding a whisk, waiting for the two to take their seats.
What could Yuying do? She had to walk over dejectedly. Kangxi took the lead and sat on the white side, leaving the black piece to Yuying.
Black moves first.
It is said that life is like chess, and vice versa. Yuying's chess is as straightforward as her, she moves step by step without any calculation. In Kangxi's view, she is not even as good as a three-year-old child. The fact that she can play back and forth with him at this moment is the result of Kangxi's letting go.
Yuying had no idea that Kangxi had given way to her. She acted as if she was facing a powerful enemy, frowning and taking every step with caution.
Yuying racked her brains, but Kangxi, for once, let his mind wander.
He was playing chess while chatting with Yuying.
When he mentioned his young princes, Liang Jiugong on the side reminded him of something.
"Your Majesty, it is almost time for the princes to be vaccinated."
"Which children are of age?"
Hmm? Vaccination?
Yuying stopped playing chess and listened to the two people's conversation with her ear tilted.
"Your Majesty, the ones who need to be vaccinated this time are the eighth, ninth, thirteenth princes, and the fifth princess."
"Then let's go to their respective mothers and inform them."
"Well, I'll do it right away."
Liang Jiugong took the order and retreated.
Kangxi turned around and saw that Yuying was not playing chess anymore. Instead, she was looking at him curiously. He thought that Yuying did not know what vaccination meant, so he put the chess piece back into the chess box and explained his method of vaccination to Yuying.
There is no intention of showing off.
After all, in his opinion, being able to prevent a disease like smallpox, which is fatal once contracted, is a remarkable feat no matter where it happens. He believes that even in Yuying's time, it would be a feat known all over the world.
He enthusiastically told Yuying why he was determined to cure smallpox. It was because Yinreng had suffered from smallpox when he was a child, just like him. Although Yinreng was fine in the end, he stopped attending court for half a month to stay by Yinreng's side. Only then did he realize that he almost lost his Baocheng.
Since then, combined with the conjectures put forward by French missionaries, he developed a method of smallpox and further confirmed that the smallpox method was effective.
Since then, he has promoted this method wholeheartedly, arranging vaccinations every year, and even in order to encourage the people to follow suit, each of his own princes and princesses had to set an example and be the first to be vaccinated.
Kangxi's expression was filled with the three words "Praise me quickly", but Yuying just turned a blind eye.
Yuying is thinking.
She really didn't know how the vaccination was done, but she remembered that the novels she had read before all said that cowpox was better than human pox.
Cowpox?
Kangxi received the key words that Yuying was thinking of, and his heart was in turmoil. He didn't expect that just by mentioning it casually, he would learn such a shocking thing.
How is it possible? ?
So many people died of smallpox, and even he himself barely escaped. How could there be a better way to treat such an incurable disease than his smallpox method?
Kangxi wished Yuying could explain it in more detail, but Yuying herself really didn't understand. She had only read about this in novels before. This is a great achievement of the heroines in all Qing Dynasty novels.
But she didn't dare to joke about such things, so she held back and just praised how powerful Kangxi was.
Kangxi was praised, but his mood was not as good as before. He was now completely preoccupied with the word "cowpox". Even when playing chess with Yuying, Yuying had to urge him several times before he could remember to make a move.
Finally, Kangxi became restless and threw the chess pieces into the chess box. He stood up and said, "Aying, I remember that there are urgent matters to deal with in the palace. I will play this game with you another day."
"Then please go quickly, Your Majesty. Business is more important." Yuying was eager for Kangxi to go. After all, she was about to lose the game, and it was just right that Kangxi didn't come. Another day? There was no point in continuing the meeting another day.
Yuying secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After Kangxi left, she quickly removed the chess pieces and put them into the chess box. She then signaled Qingtao to put them all away and put them back on the shelf.
At this moment, in the Jiujing Sanshi Hall, Kangxi frowned and wondered what cowpox was.
With the example of human pox in the past, it is not difficult to understand cowpox. It must be the scabs on the body of a cow that has contracted smallpox.
However, whether this cowpox is credible remains to be verified.
"Liang Jiugong, go get someone to collect some smallpox scabs from the farmers' cows. The sooner the better."
Whether it is useful or not, we still have to experiment to find out.
"In addition, inform all places that the time for vaccination this year has been temporarily postponed." Everything will have to wait and see whether cowpox is effective before deciding.
The people who went to look for cowpox rode as fast as they could to collect the cowpox from the farmers near Changchun Garden, and Kangxi was also not idle.
He went to the Imperial Medical Service to gather several imperial physicians and also found the official in charge of vaccination. He urgently designated an area for smallpox experiments and sent people to the Tianlao to bring up several death row prisoners for the experiment.
Everything is ready, just waiting for the cowpox.
Fortunately, there were many farmers living near Changchun Garden, and the cowpox was collected in no time. The man hurried back to Changchun Garden to report.
Everything was ready, so Kangxi ordered everyone to use the method of inoculating human smallpox to inoculate cowpox on death row prisoners, and then observe them every day.
Half a month later, the experiment finally ended.
The experiment was successful.
After being vaccinated with cowpox, more than a dozen death row prisoners came into contact with the clothes and scabs of smallpox patients, but none of them was infected.
Kangxi was laughing alone in the Nine Classics and Three Affairs Hall, and he almost laughed to tears.
He didn't expect that he was so close to a complete cure for smallpox, but unfortunately his Khan Ama and his deceased Xiaoliu were not able to wait for it.
Kangxi was silent for a while, but soon cheered up and began to arrange people to promote cowpox.
The three princes and princesses whose vaccination was delayed because of this incident were considered the first batch to complete the vaccination.
The Eighth, Ninth Princes and the Fifth Princess were all fine, but the Tenth Prince, who was the strongest, had a fever for several days. This made Concubine Niohuru very anxious. She couldn't sleep for several days and took care of the Tenth Prince by his bedside without taking off her clothes.
With the experience of promoting smallpox, the promotion of cowpox was smoother than expected. It was quickly promoted and successfully replaced smallpox.
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